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Eric Ekholm
Education
PhD, Educational Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
2019
Dissertation: Investigating Daily Writing Emotions, Attention Regulation, and Productivity: An Intensive Longitudinal Study
MT, English Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
2012
BA, English
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
2010
Professional Experience
Data Specialist
Chesterfield County Public Schools
Midlothian, VA
2021 - present
- Produce reports and visualizations that clearly communicate the results of statistical analyses to school division leadership and other nontechnical audiences.
- Design and conduct program evaluations using rigorous statistical methods.
- Develop and maintain internal R packages to streamline analytic workflows.
- Create dashboards to help teachers, principals, and school division leadership extract actionable information from large datasets.
- Develop predictive models and educate end-users on their appropriate use.
Associate Director of Early Childhood Data and Analytics
Virginia Department of Education
Richmond, VA
2019 - 2021
- Oversaw the development of LinkB5, Virginia’s early childhood data portal, including guiding UI/UX and business logic decisions to support users.
- Facilitated data sharing and research efforts with external partners, including public and private organizations.
- Created individualized early childhood reports and visualizations for state legislators and other state officials.
- Used data and published research to recommend equitable measurement criteria and thresholds for Virginia’s early childhood quality rating and improvement system.
Graduate Research Assistant
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
2016 - 2019
- Published 11 peer-reviewed articles on a variety of topics, including statistical methodology, student motivation, student emotional experiences, and belief development.
- Employed a variety of statistical methods to answer research questions, including multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, psychometric analyses, meta-analysis, and more.
English Teacher
Chesterfield County Public Schools
Chesterfield, VA
2012 - 2016
- Taught 8th grade English to a diverse student population
- Differentiated lessons to meet individual student needs
Selected Blog Posts
Selected Academic Publications
Trajectories of students’ writing feedback attitudes
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2022
- Zumbrunn, S., Ekholm, E., Broda, M., & Koenka, A.C. Journal of Experimental Education
Relative Contribution of Verbal Working Memory and Attention to Child Language
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2021
- Chow, J.C., Ekholm, E., & Bae, C.L. Assessment for Effective Intervention
Do published studies yield larger effect sizes than unpublished studies in education and special education? A meta-review.
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2018
- Chow, J.C., & Ekholm, E. Educational Psychology Review
Clarifying an elusive construct: A systematic review of writing attitudes
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2018
- Ekholm, E., Zumbrunn, S., & DeBusk-Lane, M. Educational Psychology Review
Humor and Other Publications
If You Take My Survey, I’ll Let You Watch Me Cut My Finger Off
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2016
- McSweeneys Internet Tendency
Call for Submissions for APA’s Annual Conference, Sponsored by Shark Week
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2014
- McSweeneys Internet Tendency
Selected Talks and Presentations
Who we are and what we do: A conversation of the intersecting identities of early career educational psychologists and their engagement with community partners
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2022
- Panelist at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting.
Data Viz Tips & Tricks
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2022
- Ekholm, E. Invited talk presented to the Educational Research & Evaluation Network (EREN).
Using machine learning to support student attendance practices
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2021
- Ekholme, E., & Fox, P. Session presented at the annual Metropolitan Education Research Consortium (MERC) conference, Richmond, VA.
Investigating relations between writers’ emotional experiences and attention regulation: A daily diary study
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2020
- Ekholm, E., & Zumbrunn, S. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting.